Comb-cleaner



J. A. MURRAY.

COMB CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1920.

1,371,047, Patented Mar. 8,1921.

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Jullfurray NORRIS PETERS. INCH Lmm, WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATES JOHN ALBERT MURRAY, OF WEISER, IDAHO.

COMB-CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed June 10, 1920. Serial No. 387,834.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Weiser, in the county of WVashington and the State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Comb- Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device comprlsing parallel fine wire strands and holding tabs therefor designed to be used for the cleaning of combs and similar articles.

The invention relates especially to the construction of the tabs and the method of securing the wire cleaning strands thereto.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a front view of the complete device.

Fig. 2 is a section through one of the tabs, showing the position of certain wire retainingtongues as the wire is being applied to the tabs.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings 1 designates metal tabs, one of which is positioned at each end of the device, said tabs being duplicates of each other. Each tab is provided with an aperture 2 adapted to engage a nail, hook or other wall securing device. By forming the tabs as duplicates either one may be used as the top or upper tab and the cost of manufacture is reduced as one die will stamp out both tabs. The opposing marginal por tions of the tabs have each a plurality of V-shaped tongues formed in them, and as the tabs are arranged in reversed position the tongues 3 of the respective tabs will extend in opposite directions, viz., those of the upper tab Will extend upwardly and those of the lower tab downwardly. These tabs may be any distance apart and are connected by a wire strand 4, run back and forth from one tab to the other and engaging the tongues 3, the ends of the wire being connected to the respective tabs by passing through n opening 5 and then tied or knotted.

As shown in Fig. 2 the tongues 3 in their initial position stand or incline outwardly so that the wire can be readily threaded over them, passing first over a tongue of one tab and then over an opposing tongue of the other tab, the tongues being pressed back into alinement with the face of the tab as the wire is run through or over them. This secures the wire in position.

It is thought that from the above description and the drawings the construction and use of the device will be clear.

What I claim is A device of the kind described comprising metal tabs having oppositely extending V-shaped tongues punched therein, a Wire strand connected to said tabs and having its intermediate portion passed back and forth from one tab to the other, said wire engaging all of said tongues, the tongues being bent to lie substantially in the plane of the tabs, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN ALBERT MURRAY. 

